Bag-holder



l. SINCLAIR.

BAG HOLDER..

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.13, i920. 1,386,658 Patented Aug. 9, 1921.,

Hwwmamm ortica.

JAMES SN'C'LAIR, OF BREDENBURY, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

BAG-HOLDER.

issess.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Aug. 9,' 1921.

Application led October 13, 19720. Serial No. 416,610.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES SINCLAIR, of the town of Bredenbury, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have inventedy certain new and useful Improvements in Baglrlolders, of which the following is the specification. i

The invention relates to improvements in bag holders and the object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, easily operated and durable holder which can be readily adjusted to accommodate various sizes of bags, the adjustment provided allowing of the holding of bags of various lengths and of various sized mouths.

Vith the above more important and other objects in view, which will appear as the .description proceeds, the invention consists essentially in a platform or stand, a pair of upright guides, a bag carrier adjustable up and down in respect to the guides and a pair of adjustable fingers formed as part of the carrier, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a front view of the bag carrier.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. f

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the upper part of the holder.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1 represents a stand presenting a pair of side beams 2 and 3 which carry a bag supporting platform 4. A cross brace 5 extends between the beams in a location beneath the rear edge of the platform. 6 and 7 are a pair of vertically extending opposing standards or guides having their lower ends rigidly secured to the beams in a location immediately to the rear of the platform. 8 is a cross rod connecting the standards and having oneJ end fitted with a head 9 and the other end screw threaded ,and provided with a nut 10.

This arrangement is such that one, by screwing up the nut, can draw the upper ends of the standards slightly together. is a bag carrier adj ustably mounted for vertical up and down movement between the legs..

This carrier comprises a pair of opposing horizontally disposed side arms 12 and. 13 rigidly connected together by a cross piece 14 and having their outer faces vertically channeled as indicated at 15 and 16 and receiving slidably the guides.

1t is here to be noticed that the cross piece 14 is disposed in an angular position and forms a deflector for'the grain passing in to the bag.

The arms 13 and 14 are provided on the uiid'ersidel directly in advance of the legs with a pair of rearwardly inclining catches 17 and 18 which are adapted to be caught in the rear side of the bag mouth when the same is applied.

19 and 2O represent a pair of fingers or side bars slidably mounted in the inner sides of the side arms, the side arms being' channeled to receive them. The rear ends of these fingers are connected by a cross bar 21. Obviously one, by pushing forward or withdrawing the bar 21, can project or withdraw the forward ends of the fingers.

ln actual practice the cross plate 14 crosses the channels containing the fingers, thereb maintaining the fingers positively within the channels.

In order to prevent the withdrawal of the ngers 1 have provided stop pins 22 and 23 which extend inwardly from the fingers and are adapted to strike the cross plate 14 in the rearward travel of the fingers.

F rom the above arrangement it will be seen that the fingers of the bag carrier can be adjusted in and out and that by undoing the nut 10 one can raise or lower the carrier in respect to the platform to accommodate the length of the bag. Once the adjustment for the length is made one tightens the nut to jam the legs together and positively hold the bag carrier in the adjusted position.

ln utilizing this device one makes the up and down adjustment of the carrier to accommodate the length of the bag7 the bottom of which seats on the platform and then after having caught the rear side of the bag mouth over the catches he puts the front side of the bag mouth at the front ends of the arms 12 and 18 and then extends the lingers forwardly within the bag to fully open and tighten up the bag mouth.

The grain put into the bag from above such as from a discharge spout will be directed to the bag by the defiector 14.

`What 1 claim as my invention is 1. In a bag holder in combination, a platform, va pair of vertically extending spaced legs extending upwardly from the rear of location between the legs, an adjusting boltv extending between thelegs, a pair of catches extending from the undersides of the sidey arms in a location in advance of the legs and a pair of horizontally disposedingers slidably mounted in the side arms and connected together rearwardly and adapted to be projected beyond thev forward ends of the side arms. v

2. A bag holder including a platform, a

pair of spaced standards extending vertically from the platform, a pair of horizontally disposed side arms having their outer faces vertically Ychanneled and receiving the standards, said side arms being provided with horizontally extending channels, a pair of fingers slidably mounted in the horizontal channels, a cross bar joining` the rear ends of said fingers, and an adjusting bolt extending between the standards, and means secured to said side arms to hold a vbag in cooperation'withsaid linger. p

Signed at Bredenhury, this 19 day of July, 1920. y Y' l JAMEs sINcLAiR.

In the presence of THos. B. WILLEY, HAROLD Vromans. 

